Children in Katrina trailers may face lifelong ailments »
Posted By TechnologyExpert 1 year, 7 months ago in NewsThe anguish of Hurricane Katrina should have ended for Gina Bouffanie and her daughter when they left their FEMA trailer. But with each hospital visit and each labored breath her child takes, the young mother fears it has just begun.
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jordan111 year, 7 months ago
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Fema knew there was a problem with people getting sick in those trailers back in 2006, but decided NOT to test them. Anyone fired? Nope. Any criminal charges? Nope. Are taxpayers still paying their salaries? Yep. Are taxpayers paying for their cushy health care? Yep. Anyone care? Apparently not.
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DropkickaLib1 year, 7 months ago
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injest1 year, 7 months ago
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Jordan, Did ya happen to look up WHAT interior glues their talking about?
Didn't think so.
Jordan have you ever heard of Plywood? How bout Partial board?
What are the odds most of us have exposure to Plywood and Partial board at home or work?
The chemical Formaldehyde is so common that it is in most plastic, wood, and paper manufacturing. It is literally a "catch all" chemical. And that is why it will be virtually impossible to blame anything on it.
I have worked in the plastic Ind. for years. In plastics, it is most common in acetyl's often just referred to as Delrin. Odds are if you have a keyboard in front of you now you have an acetyl plastic in front of you right now.
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hyperbola1 year, 7 months ago
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bubba21 year, 7 months ago
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But jordan11, wasn't all the poor response and the victims' problems caused at the LOCAL level? The Federal government has always been blameless if you listen to the neocons spin it.
It is horrible enough that those people lost everything except for their lives, yet they will continue to suffer for YEARS because of the incompetence of our brilliant Homeland Security department and FEMA operated by the Bush administration.
All those children who survived the hurricane and are now sick from the formaldehyde-contaminated trailers will suffer the rest of their lives - Katrina / Rita will never leave them.
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jordan111 year, 7 months ago
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Well,Obama and a couple of other congess people called for investigations. But as bush boy has all his pals in the investigative branches, I don't expect anything will be done about it. The media doesn't care. The people in general don't care. Who does care?
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nikkibabe1 year, 7 months ago
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injest1 year, 7 months ago
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nikkibabe
"Has anybody in your country thought of prosecuting Bush for crimes against humanity in his own country?"
All the time nikkibabe but so far they don't get passed the laugh test, like this one.
It is not considered a crime against humanity to use plywood or particleboard in the construction of furniture.
BTW nikkibabe in your country is it illegal, a crime against humanity to use plywood or particleboard in the construction of furniture?
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saintetienne1 year, 7 months ago
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Could somebody tell me why - after nearly three years - people are STILL living in FEMA trailers?
Never mind. I'LL tell you why.
Because as long as the government continues to give handouts to people, they're going to sit there and take it, and show no motivation to get up and get anything on their own. There was a time that the people of this great nation used to take care of themselves. They were humiliated if they had to accept a handout and did everything in their power to see to it that they didn't have to. Every person not only did for themselves, but put a little extra aside in the event their family or neighbors fell on hard times - not that those family members or neighbors would even accept a handout. They were too proud and too productive to accept charity.
Nowadays, there are entire generations of welfare families, because it's there. Why work when the govt. is there to bail you out at every turn? Just whine the loudest and get the most.
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saintetienne1 year, 7 months ago
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CONT.
This is SHAMEFUL behavior. The people in these trailers should be ashamed of themselves for allowing themselves to live in squalor for nearly 3 years - and put their children at health risks. Apparently one woman thought nothing of getting pregnant and bringing another child into the world, even as she was living in a trailer. IRRESPONSIBLE. Get out and get a job, you louts. And don't tell me they don't have a choice - - there are shelters, job-training centers, job-finding services, clinics, daycare centers.... all free of charge, paid for by tax dollars, that they could avail themselves of.
The blame is not to be put on the government.
The blame is not to be put on Hurricane Katrina.
The blame is not bo be put on the general public.
The blame falls squarely on these people who have done little to nothing for almost three years now, living off the government dole. Shame on THEM.
You get what you settle for.
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bubba21 year, 7 months ago
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Those people are still living in trailers because their insurance companies did not honor their policies, or they had no insurance. Also, where their homes were have probably NOT been cleared out (of all the debris) and/or they can't afford to rebuild or they can't get anyone to do the rebuilding, and/or they have no place else to go until they can get a job somewhere else, etc.
Your level of sympathy and compassion is amazingly UNDERWHELMING.
"There, but for the grace of God, go I ..."
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joeblowe1 year, 7 months ago
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While the retort by St. Etienne here MAY be a bit overly simplistic, I have to allow as how after 3 years I, too, am starting to wonder why anyone would STILL be living in those poisonous trailers. And, I'm still a little unclear how it is that the FEDERAL government is responsible for flooding in an area where construction permits are issued at the state and/or local level. Live in a home in a hurricane prone coastal area below sea level and you are BOUND to get flooded eventually. It's what you call HIGH RISK. Sort of like building a house in California on the side of a hill in mudslide territory. HIGH RISK and STUPID. It's a game for the wealthy who can afford the insurance or the loss. After 3 years of failing to get THEMSELVES out of those trailers, I no longer have what little sympathy I ever did have.
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Charlson1 year, 7 months ago
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saintetienne1 year, 7 months ago
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"Why are they no investigations into the industry that produced these defective trailers with interior glue that gives off formaldehyde fumes five times the safe limit? And why aren't they being held accountable?"
Because these trailers were designed for immediate, SHORT-TERM relief - i.e. 3 or 4 months - until their occupants got back on their feet and back into proper housing. They were NOT designed as abodes of permanent living, as many welfare freeloaders seem to think. Get a clue, Charlsdope.
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simonsez1 year, 7 months ago
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I think the ninth ward was full of rental properties accumulated by investors over the last 80 years. They may have paid as little as $5000-$25,000 and rented these out to permanent welfare people and other low income families.
The investors collected the storm money (as they should have) for the lost properties, but they can't afford to rebuild at today's prices and expect to make a profit.
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